Faculty

Wesley Sowers, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, is this year’s recipient of POWER’s Seeds of Hope Award. Dr. Sowers, Director, Center for Public Service Psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, will receive the award at POWER Promises – A Night of Hope on June 13 at the Westin Convention Center Hotel. POWER is a nonprofit agency offering trauma-sensitive treatment and support services to women...

Jack Rozel, MD, MSL, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, recently received a 2018 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, which honors the exceptional contributions that psychiatrists make to improve the lives of people living with mental health conditions. Dr. Rozel has worked in emergency mental health for more than 20 years and is Medical Director of resolve Crisis Network at UPMC...

Prior to the debut of Season 2 of 13 Reasons Why on May 18, an international coalition headed by SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) developed the online 13 Reasons Why Toolkit to address concerns regarding how the show’s first season portrayed suicide, sexual health, bullying, and other sensitive topics facing today’s youth. Sansea Jacobson, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Child and...

Adriane Soehner, PhD, Assistant Professor, has been selected to receive a Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Depression. The highly competitive awards are given to outstanding postdoctoral researchers or junior faculty in the United States who have demonstrated independent research ability potential and who are planning a career in research related to child and adolescent...

Congratulations to Tina R. Goldstein, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, on her receipt of the University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Association (UPPDA) Postdoctoral Mentor Award, which recognizes a faculty member who has engaged in exceptional mentoring of postdoctoral scholars. At Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Dr. Goldstein directs the NIMH-funded Clinical Research Training for Psychologists...

Jessica Gannon, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, has been selected as a 2018 New Investigator Award (NIA) recipient by the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP). The organization will present the award to Dr. Gannon at a special awards ceremony at its annual meeting, which will take place May 29 to June 1, 2018, in Miami Beach, FL. The theme of this year’s meeting is Treatment of Psychiatric...